Xia Nan frowned slightly as he looked at the chaotic scene by the shore.
Clearly, this was not normal.
His keen perception allowed him to easily pick up details that ordinary adventurers would have difficulty noticing.
These included, but were not limited to, the noticeably reduced catch that had spilled from the overturned fish buckets, the fresh blood staining the ground that had yet to fully congeal, the drag marks in the mud gradually being washed away by the tide, and----
Xia Nan crouched down and picked up a familiar blue-green scale beside the broken fishing rod.
"So it really was a Murloc Goblin. How did they even get here?"
If nothing unexpected had happened, he guessed that the missing adventurer had most likely been attacked by Shahua Mermen.
But----
Gurgle. A bubbling sound hidden within the roar of the waves, impossible for ordinary people to hear but exceptionally jarring under Xia Nan's perception, suddenly came from the nearby sea.
He followed the sound with his gaze and vaguely glimpsed several savage blue-green shadows lurking beneath the surface, lying in ambush.
A strange look appeared on Xia Nan's face.
The futile resistance was like spray splashing against a reef, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
On the front of the [Abyssal Flow] armor, the vortex pattern radiated a faint glow. As the water surged around him, it carried azure-blue blood with it.
One Murloc Elite Guard and three Shahua Merman Minions had already lost their heads, becoming motionless, icy corpses floating silently in the seawater.
Holding the [Emberfall] Straight Sword in his right hand, Xia Nan looked at the several Murloc corpses before him, his expression thoughtful.
Why had the Shahua Mermen appeared here?
These savage monsters from the deep sea were filled with hostility toward other races, and